| The Castle of Otranto Contributor(s): Abreu, Yordi (Editor), Walpole, Horace (Author) |
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ISBN: 1530976286 ISBN-13: 9781530976287 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $6.89 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1030 |
| Physical Information: 0.15" H x 6" W x 9" (0.24 lbs) 74 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otrantopurported to be a translation of an Italian story of the time of the crusades. In it Walpole attempted, as he declared in the Preface to the Second Edition, "to blend the two kinds of romance: the ancient and the modern." Crammed with invention, entertainment, terror, and pathos, the novel was an immediate success and Walpole's own favorite among his numerous works. The novel is reprinted here from a text of 1798, the last that Walpole himself prepared for the press. |